How would a physicist be involved in addressing concerns about air pollution

Air pollution is the addition of impurities to the atmosphere. A physicist would be concerned because pollutants can reduce sunlight reaching the earth and this quantity, radiation, would fall under the scope of a physicist. Physicists might also be concerned with the absorption of heat by certain pollutants. They would be concerned with studying how much heat is absorbed by each molecule to ascertain the impact of the entire contamination in the atmosphere.